#FDEBBB

sRGB: 253 / 235 / 187

Cosmic tempests command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#FDEBBB belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 235 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 43.6° lands in the orange region. Its 94.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 235, 187
HSL: 43.64°, 94.29%, 86.27%
HSV / HSB: 43.64°, 26.09%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.11%, 26.09%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.183, 83.888, 59.036
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.402, -1.085, 25.549
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83887
24-bit decimal: 16640955

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FDEBBB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BBCDFD sits half a turn (180°) from #FDEBBB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FDEBBB #BBCDFD

Analogous

#FDCABB and #EEFDBB sit 30° to either side of #FDEBBB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FDCABB #FDEBBB #EEFDBB

Triadic

#FDEBBB, #BBFDEB and #EBBBFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDEBBB #BBFDEB #EBBBFD

Split complementary

Start at #FDEBBB and look across the wheel. #BBEEFD and #CABBFD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FDEBBB #BBEEFD #CABBFD

Square

Starting with #FDEBBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBFDCA, #BBCDFD, then #FDBBEE. Across the square, #FDEBBB pairs with #BBCDFD, and #BBFDCA with #FDBBEE.

#FDEBBB #BBFDCA #BBCDFD #FDBBEE

Tetradic

#FDEBBB and #BBCDFD are opposites, as are #CDFDBB and #EBBBFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDEBBB #CDFDBB #BBCDFD #EBBBFD

Tints

Mixing #FDEBBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDEFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDEBBB #FDEFC9 #FEF3D6 #FEF7E4 #FFFBF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDEBBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABC96, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F25, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDEBBB #CABC96 #988D70 #655E4B #332F25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDEBBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D6AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #99958C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDEBBB #E4D6AF #CBC0A3 #B2AB98 #99958C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FDEBBB

RGB

rgb(253 235 187)

HSL

hsl(43.636 94.286% 86.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FDEBBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDEBBB uses 253 red, 235 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 92.2%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDEBBB is 0.0% cyan, 7.1% magenta, 26.1% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.1%

Yellow 26.1%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FDEBBB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEBB Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#FDEBBB #F2E6C6 #E7E1D1 #DCDCDC #D1D7E7 #C6D2F2 #BBCDFD

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDEBBB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F6E9B8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FBEEBC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFE3DE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F9EAB9

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FBEDBC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFE9C9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ECECEC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#F5ECD5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.98225 G 0.83077 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.98011 G 0.92403 B 0.75439

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.95536 G 0.83580 B 0.52939

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.357 y 0.378 Y 83.888

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.784 M % 7.843 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111101 11101011 10111011